In the Stavropol Territory, members of an organized crime group will be tried for the theft of 117 million rubles during the construction of a wind farm

In the Stavropol Territory, the former deputy general director for ensuring the life cycle of wind farms of an energy enterprise was put on trial, who created an organized group (OCG) that stole more than 117 million rubles on invisible roads during the construction of wind power plants (WPPs). Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk reported this to Lenta.ru.

The creator of the organized crime group and the participants are accused under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Fraud committed on an especially large scale”). All materials have been submitted to the court. At the moment, the alleged organizer of the group is on the federal wanted list.

According to the investigation, the defendant created an organized crime group and involved managers and experts of commercial structures involved in installation work and road construction. They stole money allocated for the implementation of projects for the construction and commissioning of the Kuzminskaya and Trunovskaya wind farms. The total amount was more than 117 million rubles. They used these funds at their own discretion.

According to law enforcement officials, from 2021 to 2025, members of the organized crime group developed and implemented a plan according to which controlled commercial organizations entered into construction contracts for the construction of wind farm sites and foundations, complex transformer substations, roads and landscaping.

According to the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, when constructing the road surface, crushed stone was replaced with asphalt chips and instead of new reinforced concrete products, used ones were used.